The Diplomat
The general director of CEOE International and permanent secretary of CEIB, Narciso Casado, participated last week in an intense program of activities in the Dominican Republic, where he had the opportunity to meet with authorities and business representatives of the country and discussed the preparatory work for the XIV Ibero-American Business Meeting, within the framework of the next Ibero-American Summit.
Casado’s activity began on the 26th with his participation in the Spain-Dominican Republic Business Meeting, officially inaugurated by the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, and the Spanish Secretary of State for Trade, Xiana Méndez, and which focused on key sectors of the country, such as renewable energies, water and sanitation or agricultural technology, and on issues such as financing and women and business. During his speech, Abinader bet on “pro-investment, pro-business and pro-employment”, Casado valued the reforms undertaken by the Government to improve the conditions of access of foreign investors and Méndez advocated the diversification of investment beyond tourism, with special attention to energy and food security.
On Thursday, Narciso Casado took part in a meeting with the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes of the Dominican Republic, Ito Bisonó, and with the ambassadors of the entire region accredited to the island. He also met with the director of State Ceremonial and Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, Francisco Cantizano, and with the ambassador in charge of relations with Europe, Ana Castellanos.
Finally, Casado met with representatives of the Follow-up Committee of the XIV Ibero-American Business Meeting, which includes Dominican business organizations. At this meeting, they discussed the preparatory work for the XIV Ibero-American Business Meeting, which will take place within the framework of the next Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, to be held in the Dominican Republic in March 2023.
The meeting also discussed issues related to the theme of the Business Meeting, such as sustainability and climate action, new financing models for the development of sustainable business, economic prospects for Ibero-America, connectivity and infrastructure in the Ibero-American space, energy and ecological transition in Ibero-America, digital transformation and tourism in Ibero-America.
Casado also took advantage of the various meetings to invite the different authorities and businessmen to the V Ibero-American Forum of MSMEs, which will be held on November 14 and 15 in Lisbon and which, together with the III Ibero-American Forum on Open Innovation, are the two events that form part of the XIV Ibero-American Business Meeting.
